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The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

Never-the-less, they persisted: Human Rights Heroes of 2021

Meet our fellow Indians who have continued to defend our rights and freedoms despite being hounded with different forms of institutional violence ranging from targeted attacks and lawsuits to jail terms

Nagaland Assembly adopts resolution to repeal AFSPA

Unanimous decision in wake of the Oting massacre where security forces had gunned down 14 civilians

IMF and other global bodies now pushing for better accounting of mineral wealth by governments

After nearly five years of sustained advocacy, organisations succeed in drawing the IMF’s attention towards government mismanagement of natural resource wealth

What caused the massive fire at Rohingya camp in Nuh?

32 Rohingya shanties were gutted in the fire at Nuh, Haryana; this is the third such blaze this year at a Rohingya refugee camp in north India

The What, Where, Why and How of AFSPA

The law enacted in 1958 aimed at controlling insurgency and cross border militancy, but successive governments at the Centre have been reluctant to withdraw it even after peace is restored.In wake of the Nagaland killings, let us explore how AFSPA gives unbridled power to the armed forces.

No more teenage girls to be forced into marriage in India?

The Union Cabinet’s clearance to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years has set social media abuzz

Branches of Films Division, two other cinema units will shut down soon

Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament John Brittas had recently written to Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting expressing concerns about the move

Group Captain Varun Singh succumbs to injuries

The sole survivor of the chopper crash that killed CDS Bipin Rawat was being treated for severe burns at a military hospital in Bengaluru

Films Division, NFAI “repositories of a national treasure”, closure is “means to erase”: John Brittas

The MP writes to the I&B Minister expressing concerns on merging Children's Films Society, Films Division, National Films Archive of India and Department of Film Festivals with National Film Development Corporation 

Repeal of AFSPA will strengthen spirit of Constitutional democracy: WGHR

Global Human Rights body issues statement in solidarity with Nagaland shooting victims

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The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

Six-year-old detained during Patna teacher aspirants’ protest, parents allege police assault

Patna Police say the child was ‘rescued’ from a potentially dangerous crowd, while his parents allege that the family was taken to a police station, where they were assaulted and kept for nearly seven hours

The ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ Isn’t a Gen Z Uprising. It’s a Rerun

The demand to “remove reservation” is one of the oldest, most recycled slogans in independent India’s political life, and it has failed, in more or less identical form, every single time it has been tried.

112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity

Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.

Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India

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Pradip Prabhu, who brought hope to the oppressed, is no more

An academic activist, Pradip Prabhu worked among Adivasis as also contributed to academia and path-breaking legislation for indigenous land rights